The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-07-21
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vile, Tex.
Bishop Warren of the Methodist
| Episcopal Church, is on his way to
| China TO look after the missions there
Night-W Balkcom of Way
| cross, Ga, rings the hours with a
sledge-hammer pendulum and circu-
lar-saw regulator
Elder Ward of Ionia, Mich, has a
curiosity. 1t is a full-grown orange
with one-quarter of lemon grown
| perfectly in one side of it.
A Battle Greek (Mich.) citizen has
among his collection of trophies the
| scalps of two Indians-one killed at
| the battle of Little Sandy, Col.
In digging wells in Kimball, Neb., a
| fossil stratum is encountered and quite
| interesting specimens have been dug
up at a depth of from forty-five to
fifty feet.
The Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. Scudder in
| tends to spend the rest of his life in
Japan. He has given farewell lee
| ture on that country in his old church
at San Francisco.
The late Dr. Mark Hopkins was a
| tall but muscular man, with a kindly
| face and eye. He carried his heart
upon his sleeve, and in consequence
was often imposed upon.
Henry Palmer of Selma, H.. is the
owner of a wonderful rat-killing dog.
Several weeks ago it killed 147 rats in
less than an hour and half. 1t is IA
years old and has but three legs.
A cat at Hayes, Tex, takes great
delight in walking over the keys of a
piano. She seems particularly fond of
the high notes and executes a regular
dance on the worries at that end of the
keyboard.
William II. Stevenson, Vice-Presi-
dent and General Manager of the Bos-
| ton, Hoosac Tunnel q Western Rail
road, is only 80, but is looked upon as
the coming man in railway circles in
New England.
Mr. j. B. Junker of Jasper, Ind,
| has an eyeless chicken. Itwas Matched
out a week ago, and has but slight in
dentations where the eyes ought to be.
| 1t follows the mother around the yard
| and keeps close to her.
William Smith, a cowboy in the
Staked Plains, Texas, was shot in the
head some months ago and has re-
covered with the exception that he is
unable to connect spoken words. He
can write with perfect ease.
| Philip d. Armour is pretty good
man to have for a father. The son
who lately came out of college has
been taken into partnership and fitted
| out with little bank account of his
own to the tune of 81 100000.
j. n. Clingan of Blue Mound, H.,
| has a COW that gives three large pail
fuls of milk every day-One in the
| morning, one at noon, and one at
night She has the advantage of most
cows, as she has five k-giving teats
Col. Sim Lucas of San Bernardino,
| Cal, captured on his ranch a bug that
stalls all the bugologists in the city.
1t is not more than half an inch long
| and yet it has singer a quarter of
| an inch in length. 1t will bite like ii
dog and hold on like grim death.
Willie Woo is the title under which
| the Oscoda (Mich.) washee-washee
hangs out his shingle, and he has
prospered so well under it that he has
| taken Il partner, who is also native
| of the squint-eyed empire. The sign
now reads: "Willie Woo, He viii"
Miss Robinson, daughter of ex-Gov.
| Lucius Robinson of New York, once
| broke ali engagement of marriage
with the Rev. DR.. George Alexander,
| an eminent Presbyterian divine, be-
| cause she did not want to live in
Schenectady, where he was located.
| Jean Diron was born in New Or
leans on July Is, 1897. He now lives
in New York and makes living by
honing razors. At eighty-five he
married Hibernian lady of forty
five, and she supplements his efforts
by doing washing and house cleaning.
| George d. Keeney of Keeneyville
has the first milestone brought into
| Tioga county, Pennsylvania, by his
father sixty-eight years ago. 1t was
| hung like grindstone, running
against concave stone and turned by
hand. Those who brought grists did
their own grinding.
| Ameer Abdurrahman of Afghanis-
| tan is a pleasant person to meet in an
| NihSitii Va HtlNibN- LII JuS-
| tlce in person to all of his subjects
within his reach. He has only two
| sentences for all offenders: 'sBekow-
shld''- cut out his tongue = or,
"Gagava Kounid"-hang him.
Mr.. Levi Il. Letter, who has recently
| occupied Mr.. Blaine's house in Wash
ington, has gone to Europe with his
| family for years tour. He went
West from Pennsylvania thirty-fve
| years ago a poor boy, and is now
| rated at 50, ZOO, 900, owning more i'm
| proved Chicago business property
than any other one man.
| Mules and horses in the far west fire.
| quently die of peculiar trouble. The
beard Of wild oats or barley becomes
| fixed in the animals jaw, encysts, and
| grows there, assisted by the tartar of
| the teeth. A calcareous formation of
| this sort, oval in shape and weighing a
pound, was recently taken from the
mouth Of aH Oregon horse.
| A ragged, lame, and very dirty
| tramp visited the stores of a town near
| Olean, n. Y, and begged cake of
| soap. The purpose was so apparent
| that the fellow was rarely refused.
After putting in busy day at this he
| held an auction at night and disposed
of his days plumber, obtaining money
enough TO keep him in luxuries for
| some time.
Mr.. Norman V. Randolph, we'll
| known Richmond, Va, manufacturer,
| opposes the idea that the south owes
its success to the young men who have
| grown up since the war. Mr.. Ran
| dolph contends that in the great ma
| jority of cases the successful men of
| the south have been the confederate
veterans who learned the lesson of
| perseverance and abstinence in camp.
Gen Sherman in his West Point
| speech to the recent graduates said:
There is an old saying that knowl-
| is power This is not true. Action
is power, and when guided by knowl-
edge produces the largest measure of
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